wai_lai416 Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 i'll be happy just to make it past the 1st round Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanfor42 Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 Anyone who says Vegas wins a cup before Vancouver is wimp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 20 hours ago, Stelar said: Since the Canucks have come in the league we have seen the Lightning, Ducks, Flames, Oilers, Dallas, Colorado, Isles and Devils all win the cup before us. They came in the league after us. Question is, do the Vegas Golden Knights win the cup before us? Also Carolina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Shotgun Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 Vegas. Bettman and the National Hokey League will do and are pulling out all the stops to insure Vegas succeeds. His ego and prestige is totally wrapped up in this project. The glitz of Las Vegas associated with the NHL is too big an allure for the league. They will not let it become another Atlanta. Success will come quickly for them as the NFL and probably the NBA are watching closely with the view of establishing teams there soon. It would be a tremendous blow if the team failed. They have to establish a beach head quickly to win the hearts of the Vegas sports fan. Don't you think his NBC masters would love to showcase Vegas in a run to the Cup the ratings would be very high. They will be awarded the Cup within 5 years of operation. America loves champions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggins Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 It's always fun to watch the tinfoil hat parade..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Schneider Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 1 hour ago, Baggins said: It's always fun to watch the tinfoil hat parade..... I understand some people over-exaggerate and formulate the extreme... however, to assume a corporation as big as the NHL doesn't pull strings from the back to ensure their investment is protected is naive. People have to start realizing, before NHL is a sport, it is a business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hortankin Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 No1 will win a cup again. Obama will start WW3 earlier than planned so he won't have to let Trump screw up their NWO plan. WW3 starts in January and we lose hockey in March.. sad truth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 1 minute ago, Hortankin said: No1 will win a cup again. Obama will start WW3 earlier than planned so he won't have to let Trump screw up their NWO plan. WW3 starts in January and we lose hockey in March.. sad truth Then we watch the war on CNN? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkpoet Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 On 11/23/2016 at 0:20 AM, Gollumpus said: Edmonton regards, G. 2 years after us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinceGeorgeGoon Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 6 hours ago, Johnny Shotgun said: Vegas. Bettman and the National Hokey League will do and are pulling out all the stops to insure Vegas succeeds. His ego and prestige is totally wrapped up in this project. The glitz of Las Vegas associated with the NHL is too big an allure for the league. They will not let it become another Atlanta. Success will come quickly for them as the NFL and probably the NBA are watching closely with the view of establishing teams there soon. It would be a tremendous blow if the team failed. They have to establish a beach head quickly to win the hearts of the Vegas sports fan. Don't you think his NBC masters would love to showcase Vegas in a run to the Cup the ratings would be very high. They will be awarded the Cup within 5 years of operation. America loves champions. The depth of understanding exemplified in this post provide insight into the "buisness" of hockey. Its a cash cow, the honey milk is pure gold. Vancouver is the red headed step orca of the league. That being said, van 4 years. We will beat toronto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinceGeorgeGoon Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 4 hours ago, Baggins said: It's always fun to watch the tinfoil hat parade..... Almost every single subject that garnered a tinfoil hat response, in time , has been proven true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggins Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 4 hours ago, C.Schneider said: I understand some people over-exaggerate and formulate the extreme... however, to assume a corporation as big as the NHL doesn't pull strings from the back to ensure their investment is protected is naive. People have to start realizing, before NHL is a sport, it is a business. Sio you believe the 30 owners conspire to help certain owners teams? I don't buy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guntrix Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 19 hours ago, elvis15 said: How about we wait and see who they pick up for their roster before we try and make this all important decision. Knowing what their logo and locker rooms look like isn't quite enough to make the determination... Even if their immediate roster isn't the best, they'll still probably use the expansion tag as an excuse/justification to fully rebuild. Meanwhile, we got Eriksson till he's 37 and god knows who else Benning decides to sign in the future (seeing as he's repeatedly quoted as looking for a proven top six winger). I say they win a cup before us... or at least until we hire a GM who acknowledges that the team doesn't have elite young talent bar Horvat and maybe Boeser and needs to properly rebuild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyYerocmai Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 Someone was watching 1040 to get this poll question... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Schneider Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 2 hours ago, Baggins said: Sio you believe the 30 owners conspire to help certain owners teams? I don't buy it. Not being offensive or rude, but just out of curiosity, what is your line of profession? Because even with small corporate, if you have ever been part of a management decision group, you will know politics exist everywhere. NHL is a billion dollar business, and no business gets to that point without carefully orchestrating results of their investment. I'm not saying they directly fix the games to the point Aquilini will be giving WD order to purposefully throw a game (although this extreme has existed, and still does, in many sports). Nor am I saying 29 other GMs, and the league, conspire against the Canucks to make sure they never win a Stanley cup. But it is common sense to realise Bettman and the big boys will execute certain procedure to protect their new investment (Las Vegas), as well as protect their project / favourite markets. I mean this is just standard protocol of a business executive, and that is the reason Bettman is there in the first place as the lead exec. of the NHL: to overlook and prioritise each and every move in the NHL that will suit to their best interest. It just sucks that the Canucks aren't part of this privileged group. They don't hate us on purpose (like some believe on this board), we're just that kid left in the corner not getting the love or attention as others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggins Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 1 hour ago, C.Schneider said: Not being offensive or rude, but just out of curiosity, what is your line of profession? Because even with small corporate, if you have ever been part of a management decision group, you will know politics exist everywhere. NHL is a billion dollar business, and no business gets to that point without carefully orchestrating results of their investment. I'm not saying they directly fix the games to the point Aquilini will be giving WD order to purposefully throw a game (although this extreme has existed, and still does, in many sports). Nor am I saying 29 other GMs, and the league, conspire against the Canucks to make sure they never win a Stanley cup. But it is common sense to realise Bettman and the big boys will execute certain procedure to protect their new investment (Las Vegas), as well as protect their project / favourite markets. I mean this is just standard protocol of a business executive, and that is the reason Bettman is there in the first place as the lead exec. of the NHL: to overlook and prioritise each and every move in the NHL that will suit to their best interest. It just sucks that the Canucks aren't part of this privileged group. They don't hate us on purpose (like some believe on this board), we're just that kid left in the corner not getting the love or attention as others. What a load of cow pies. Bettman is hired by the owners to represent the owners. Why would any owner, considering their investment, condone letting other other owners win knowing they won't be allowed to? One would think that if your tinfoil hat theorie was true Arizona would have won the cup and sevral draft lotteries. That's certainly a market that would truly benefit from a rigged system. How about Columbus? Why didn't Atlanta get these perks when they were clearly a market that needed them? Would they have allowed Edmonton to get a generational player when they are a solid market without even having to win games, let alone the cup? What benefit is there to having Chicago or Boston win cups when both are long established hockey markets? Surely Florida or Nashville would be much better choices. Why hasn't Phillie been winning the cup, considering their owner is chairman of the board of governors, and a long standing good ol boy to boot, if it's all rigged? Why Pittsburgh but not the Islanders, or St Louis, or Minnesota? Explain that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianRugby Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 4 minutes ago, Baggins said: What a load of cow pies. Bettman is hired by the owners to represent the owners. Why would any owner, considering their investment, condone letting other other owners win knowing they won't be allowed to? One would think that if your tinfoil hat theorie was true Arizona would have won the cup and sevral draft lotteries. That's certainly a market that would truly benefit from a rigged system. How about Columbus? Why didn't Atlanta get these perks when they were clearly a market that needed them? Would they have allowed Edmonton to get a generational player when they are a solid market without even having to win games, let alone the cup? What benefit is there to having Chicago or Boston win cups when both are long established hockey markets? Surely Florida or Nashville would be much better choices. Why hasn't Phillie been winning the cup, considering their owner is chairman of the board of governors, and a long standing good ol boy to boot, if it's all rigged? Why Pittsburgh but not the Islanders, or St Louis, or Minnesota? Explain that. I fundamentally disagree with Baggins on everything. But he's.... right. I'm sure the league loves it if a big market team wins or does well, it means more money for the league. But nobody would buy an NHL team if there was even a shred of actual evidence that the commissioner conspired against some of the teams. He works for the owners, if the owners weren't happy with him there would be a new commissioner. Every fanboy in every fanbase thinks the league/refs/media is out to get them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Balboa Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 I bet no one thought a team from Carolina would lift the cup before we would. Yeah sure they were the Whalers but it's still kinda funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckylager Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 On 11/23/2016 at 6:34 AM, Creepy Crawler said: Didn't take that long for Tampa Bay to get their first cup. Florida almost did it too. Ya, two years in Florida made the finals... jerks. But they have been hot garbage ever since. On 11/23/2016 at 9:31 AM, LaBamba said: Yes, and not only that, they are already further along in their rebuild. You mean they've already claimed Spisa.....and Dorsett? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icycold Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Vegas, have we ever won the cup as "the canucks"? EVER? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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